Creator
Skye Scott is a GP based in Sandton. She has a special interest in patient education, integrative medicine and mental wellbeing
We need to use our bodies as they were intended and eat the food for which they were designed
Hormone replacement therapy got a bad rap but, with good medical advice, it can have benefits beyond dealing with menopause’s unpleasant symptoms
How much and how we use this toxin, which is so much part of our culture, needs a rethink
Antagonism and tension are inherent in our being but we can change the conversation
People often rely on antidepressant medicine alone, when the power of collective song and dance is a neglected channel for increased endorphins, dopamine and lowered cortisol
We seek the familiar so it is too easy to find what is different about us, rather than what is the same
Our global society is more prosperous than it has ever been. So why is there so much dissatisfaction?
‘We can deny our experience but our body remembers,’ Jeanne McElvaney wrote in her book, ‘Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story’
The sextech industry is changing our pleasure seeking behaviours, so what does this mean for us as a species?
Emerging fields of research are sprouting new understandings of how we might use natural substances
We must turn to nature for guidance through the world’s mental health crisis and the little bobtail squid provides a good example
There aren’t billboards for cocaine, heroine and nyaope, which might be less addictive than sugar
Nature is as full of terror as it is of wonder. Mirroring that, we are powerful beyond measure in our capacity for generosity and connection
